Literacy

I said to meet me on the other side Where the sky is blue and there’s no fear ever No worry Where I’ll be free So why don’t you just meet me on that other side? Just listen Stop with the bargains Once just Listen to me! Where there’s no mistakes, No worries, No problems,…

“Hey! I saw that worm first!” Stiff yelled to Bluey, flying down to the leafy path to join his sister. “Stiff! Shut your beak! I’m trying to watch the squirrel Olympics!” Beaky retorted, gobbling a piece of caramel worm. “No! Stiff! This is my worm!” Bluey screamed as Stiff tried to take the juicy worm…

Usually at some point in time when I’m meeting people, writing comes up. And, of course, they ask me what I write. And I generally don’t know what to say. What do they mean? Genre? Length? Usually I go with genre, and then, if they aren’t satisfied, I tell them about what I’m…

Since April is the first of two NaNoWriMo Camps, (there are two NaNoWriMo Camps, one in April and one in July–the actual NaNoWriMo is in November), I decided to write a post on the ideal writing environment. So–what DO you need to make the ideal writing environment? Time You need to make sure…

Spring When green grass, strong and sturdy, pops up out of the wet dirt, When chicks peep, birds cheep, And frogs leap, And crickets hum into the night. Clouds rain sun unpredictable yet amazing and new.

If you go to Edinburgh, you will probably see a little statue of a dog, with a rubbed gold nose. And you will probably see right next to that dog a whole bunch of tourists. Why on Earth are people posing my a statue of a dog? You will also have maybe read the…

If you did NaNoWriMo, you have probably heard of the “Now What?” months. Those are the most dreaded times (for most people), and if you’re like me, then you just want to quit. Even if you try to do it, one of the most common reasons other than “it’s boring” is “what is even…

“Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” Queen Evly said, staring into her ornate mirror. The answer she expected was that she was the fairest of them all. But this time, the mirror surprised her. “You are fair, my queen, but Snow White is more fair than you.” …

That huge Miss Muffet Sat on my little home She ate her slimy food I sat down beside her To ask her to leave she screamed and ran away. Well, that worked! I sat down To eat some curds and whey I hated it Still ate it If I didn’t I would pay A…